Bringing big IP plaintiffs down a peg — or two
Mike Atkins is paying attention to Microsoft’s IP docket, as a Seattle Trademark Lawyer will do. He’s reporting about a default judgment and award the... Read more
Tag: Trials
No social networking privilege
On Point reports that a New Jersey federal magistrate has, to the surprise of no actual attorney I could imagine, ruled that MySpace and Facebook postings... Read more
“Infinity Dollars”: IP damages and the jury, Part 1
A lot of people, including judges, lawyers and civilians, don’t seem to really understand what statutory damages are all about. They are not supposed to... Read more
Someone dropped in an extra zero, right? RIGHT?
It’s a month-old story, and how it got past us here notwithstanding, it’s not getting past us now. Per the ABA Journal, remember the Bratz... Read more
More oozes out from the Kinderstart litigation
Eric Goldman has the transcript from the oral argument we reported on last month. He’s still betting on Google. Originally posted 2009-09-30 23:33:13. Republished by... Read more
Sloppiness is its own reward — for the other side’s lawyers
We said a while ago that the RIAA and its ilk looked out of control. Now Walter Olson reports that now the RIAA might have... Read more
Can you ring the unrung bell? (Updated)
[stextbox id=”alert”]UPDATE and preface: Almost everyone who has written on the “jurisdiction” issue decided in Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick, 130 S.Ct. 1237, in which the... Read more
The second time as farce
On the occasion of the S&L Vitamins v. Australian Gold trial, I reposted what I wrote here six months earlier about the first of these... Read more
Settling in
Foley Square view Originally uploaded by Ron Coleman I took this view of Foley Square, where the courthouses and many other public buildings in Manhattan... Read more
Going Wayback… and it’s out of here!
The TTABlog writes about a recent TTAB decision rejecting “Wayback Machine” data as evidence: The Board observed that the “Wayback Machine” suffers from a serious... Read more
Emerson InSinkErator trash compactors will mangle your hand if you stick it in one of them.
Originally posted 2006-10-19 13:44:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Sounds like a reasonable assertion, right? The same thing will happen if you stick your hand... Read more
Berry disappointing
Walter Olson: “Plaintiff did not explain why she could not reasonably have figured this out at any point during the four years she alleged she... Read more
Book ’em, Dan-o!
There really is still such a thing as personal jurisdiction — and its absence — even in the Internet age, reports Evan Brown: Last year... Read more
Best of 2008: “No Social Networking Privilege”
This was originally posted on February 24, 2008. On Point reports that a New Jersey federal magistrate has, to the surprise of no actual attorney... Read more